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Robert Johnson

I went down to the crossroads… Or did he? I didn’t think I liked Christopher Titus. But after hearing him tell his story on Marc Maron’s WTF I loved him. Because he was honest and forthright in a world of complete b.s. He stood up to power, Gail Berman, the Fox exec who wanted him […]

Bits & Bytes

Van Halen 2 for 1 They overpriced the tickets and released a good new album no one heard. You get one reunion tour, after that, you’re starting all over. Tickets have to be cheap and you’ve got to convince people to listen to your new music. Otherwise you’re just a has-been trying to lap up […]

Spotify Transparency

There is none. In Singapore, I interviewed Ken Parks, majordomo of Spotify’s U.S. operation. I told him I would ask tough questions. That I had to, everybody already thinks I’m on the Spotify payroll, I just couldn’t let him do a commercial. He said this was all cool. And then didn’t answer a single question […]

Final Singapore

EZRIN Steve Hunter wrote the riff in "Solsbury Hill". And the original refrain was completely different, involving a taxi, and Bob said NO, there was NO WAY that was gonna be on the record. To say Bob Ezrin’s interview with Ralph Simon was riveting would do it no justice. If you live for these records, […]